PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Colin Penn (ranked 955 p4p, 2069 weight class) and Sey La Vie (ranked 135 p4p, 289 weight class). Penn comes to the cage accompanied by The End. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Penn
vs
La Vie

194 cm
32
250
11 - 8 - 0

200 cm
25
280
13 - 4 - 0

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Excellent boxer
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Colin Penn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sey La Vie!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yukihiro Shimada and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La Vie showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Penn.
Penn looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Penn throws an overhand right that lands on La Vie's shoulder, as La Vie tries to avoid the shot.
La Vie looks like he wants to counter punch here.
La Vie slips a straight right by Penn.
Penn scores with a jab. La Vie acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
La Vie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Penn swings for the body but La Vie moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Penn wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
La Vie is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Penn looks to throw the jab but La Vie is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Penn closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
La Vie with a knee to the head.
Penn lands with a right to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Penn creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Penn lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
La Vie looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Penn misses with a punch to the body.
La Vie has a couple of punches blocked by Penn.
Penn goes for a takedown attempt but La Vie pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Penn scores with a hook to the body. La Vie takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Penn scores with a jab to the body.
Penn throws a hook but La Vie avoids it easily.
La Vie throws out a counter right but Penn avoids it with no problem.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn scores with a hook to the body. La Vie takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Penn throws out a loose jab but La Vie uses good head movement to avoid it.
La Vie throws out a counter right but Penn avoids it with no problem.
La Vie has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from La Vie there as he acknowledges the shot.
Penn lands a straight punch to the body, keeping La Vie at a distance.
La Vie walks into a jab.
Penn scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
La Vie takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A left lands for Penn.
La Vie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Penn.
La Vie is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn misses with a few strikes there.
La Vie is looking for the big counter here.
La Vie takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Penn darts in and clinches La Vie up against the cage.
La Vie throws a head punch that misses.
La Vie connects with a nasty looking knee right to Penn's face.
Penn lands with a light punch inside.
Penn avoiding damage as La Vie throws knees to the body.
La Vie trying to land knees to the body.
Penn scores with a hook to the body.
Penn tries to throw a body punch but La Vie avoids it by throwing Penn back against the cage.
La Vie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Penn is working La Vie over against the cage.
La Vie looks winded!
A short right from Penn.
A short uppercut from Penn.
La Vie tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Penn lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of La Vie backwards.
Penn is leaning against La Vie and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Penn lands a nice shot to the body.
Penn makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Penn.
Penn lands a hook that snaps the head of La Vie backwards.
A short right from Penn on the inside.
Penn tries to score a body lock takedown but La Vie shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Penn misses with a body punch.
Penn scores with a nice hook to the head.
A body shot lands from Penn.
A right hook to the body lands for Penn.
Penn gets through La Vie's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Penn lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right hand to the body from Penn.
La Vie takes a shot to the head.
Penn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Penn works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Penn misses with a body punch.
Penn lands a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for La Vie.
Penn working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Good body shot from Penn.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Penn is trying to trip La Vie. He has hold of a leg but La Vie is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Penn persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
La Vie keeping moving, preventing Penn from controlling successfully.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Colin Penn dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

La Vie takes one to the side of the head.
Colin Penn is winning the standup battle so far.
Penn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
La Vie lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Penn scores with a jab to the jaw.
The fighters circling - Penn throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
La Vie looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A slow jab from Penn misses its intended target.
La Vie is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice shot by Penn.
Penn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but La Vie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Penn connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but La Vie circles away quickly and effectively.
La Vie doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

La Vie gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Penn to score an easy takedown into full guard.

La Vie has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Penn is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
La Vie throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Penn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La Vie lands a knee to the body.
Colin Penn has scored more points in the clinch so far.
La Vie throws a knee to the head but misses.
Penn lands a hook that snaps the head of La Vie backwards.
La Vie is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
La Vie unloads a knee to the mid-section.
La Vie softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
La Vie tries to land knees in the clinch but Penn avoids the damage to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Penn.
La Vie lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Vie blocking some punches.
A short right from La Vie.
La Vie missing with knees to the body.
La Vie pushes Penn back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
La Vie tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
La Vie lands a right hand.
Penn lands a nice uppercut.
Penn lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Penn is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that La Vie can do to turn this around?
La Vie misses with a hook from the clinch.
La Vie lands a right hand that snaps the head of Penn backwards.
La Vie landing some nice looking knees to the body.
La Vie working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
La Vie prevents a body shot from Penn.
La Vie tries to land knees in the clinch but Penn avoids the damage to the body.

La Vie is fighting off a takedown attempt but Penn is just too persistent for him and manages to trip La Vie to the mat. La Vie regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.

Penn drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Penn jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Penn trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
La Vie is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Penn is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn tries to free his leg and advance position but La Vie is retaining full guard.
La Vie is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Penn is controlling him.
Penn trying to control the position from guard on top but La Vie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
La Vie is looking to stand up but Penn isn't so interested in that idea.
Penn slips nicely into half guard.
La Vie wants to get back to his feet.
Penn is looking to advance position but La Vie won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Penn is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, La Vie has managed to free his arm - good work.

La Vie has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Penn is on him like a limpet, forcing La Vie back against the cage.
Penn blocks an elbow strike.
La Vie gets underhooks to prevent Penn's takedown attempt.
La Vie misses with a hook to the ribs.
La Vie is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
La Vie with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, La Vie creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
La Vie misses with a hook to the ribs.
Penn can't find room to land a body shot as La Vie controls the action.
Penn takes a shot to the head.
La Vie lands a right hand.
La Vie pushes Penn back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sey La Vie showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Penn throws a hook but La Vie avoids it easily.
Penn listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Penn shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. La Vie is trying to defend but Penn finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

La Vie has one foot on Penn's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Penn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
La Vie let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Penn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La Vie.
It seemed like La Vie was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Penn lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Penn throws a looping overhand right but La Vie ducks down to avoid it.
Penn backing away here, and La Vie unleashes a leg kick that just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn loads up on a big right hand but La Vie slips the punch.
La Vie lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Penn lands a nice hook to La Vie's body. La Vie takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Penn. La Vie does a little dance to reset his feet.
Penn throws a hook but La Vie avoids it easily.
Penn fails with a takedown attempt.
Sey La Vie is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Penn is looking to clinch but La Vie is avoiding it.
Penn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
La Vie is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Penn with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn misses with an uppercut
and La Vie counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Penn swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by La Vie.
Penn swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Penn moves into the clinch.
Penn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Penn scores with a shot to the side of La Vie's head.
La Vie lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Penn misses with a punch to the body.
Penn managing to block the knees to the body from La Vie.
Penn tries to score a body lock takedown but La Vie shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Penn working aggressively here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Penn changes levels and goes for a takedown here. La Vie fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Colin Penn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Penn misses with a takedown
and La Vie counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sey La Vie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn is looking to clinch but La Vie is avoiding it.
Penn takes a swing at La Vie's ribcage but misses.

Penn fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with La Vie, pushing him back against the cage.
La Vie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Penn.

Penn gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, La Vie regains guard.
La Vie keeping moving, preventing Penn from controlling successfully.
Penn pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. La Vie is keeping the position for now.
Penn prevents La Vie from getting back to his feet.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Penn here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penn trying to control the position from guard on top but La Vie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Penn passes La Vie's left leg - he's now in half guard.
La Vie looks like he's trying to stand up.
Penn is looking to take a break and control but La Vie is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Penn prevents La Vie from standing back up.

Penn is looking for a kimura here.
La Vie is trying to stand up here but Penn is controlling him well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Colin Penn showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Penn has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Colin Penn!
Colin Penn seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.